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To put fan in toddlers room

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chocolatesparkles · 25/07/2019 17:30

So like most of the uk we are melting here. Upstairs is like the heat hitting you when you get off an aeroplane on holiday. WIBU to put fans in all my DC rooms. I have read loads about never having them in children's rooms or pointing them at them in the night (which I wouldn't) but will I really summon demons from the 7th circle of hell by having them in there or will my DC be absolutely fine? They are 4, 3 and 2 youngest is in a cot if that makes a difference?

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taylorowmu · 25/07/2019 20:01

So they aren't being exposed to the hottest day on record as small children then, seeing as they're adults now.

They are not all adults.

It has been hot before.

SheChoseDown · 25/07/2019 20:42

I have our ceiling fan on, baby is in with us regularly. Never heard this mad rule!

shrumps · 25/07/2019 20:54

I think fans in whatever shape or form have been used for time. Your kids won't die. Smile

foreverhanging · 25/07/2019 21:02

My 2 year old has a fan right at her - it's boiling up there!

PerfectPeony2 · 25/07/2019 21:08

DD ( 13 months) is in her cot just in her nappy, with her teddy and a muslin.

Wouldn’t want to put a fan in there. She doesn’t need it.

WinkyisbackontheButterBeer · 25/07/2019 21:08

My 2 year old ds is currently having a conversation with the fan.
Something along the lines of ‘I like you dan. You are cool. Your head goes weeeeee- up and down and up and down’.
He is a very odd little chap.

My only aibu is wibu to sneak in and take it up to my room once he is asleep? I sleep in the attic and is is very HOT up there.
Will he be ok without by the time I go to bed?

WinkyisbackontheButterBeer · 25/07/2019 21:08

Fan. Not Dan.

Silversun83 · 25/07/2019 21:14

@winky - my three-year-old was also talking to her fan earlier and telling me: "He likes YOU, mummy!"

It's been 30-32 degrees in my DC's rooms the past few days (it was actually 36 earlier today but the storm thankfully cooled it down a bit) - they both have an air cooler and a fan pointing at them. As it was, they've still been uncomfortable and not able to sleep until nearly 9.

SouthernComforts · 25/07/2019 21:17

Genuinely, what is the risk? That they'd get up and stick their fingers in the fan?

CalamityJune · 25/07/2019 21:19

My ds 2 has an iscillating fan and likes to shout "it's windy!" When it points at him

Wowzel · 25/07/2019 21:23

@southerncomforts - don't laugh, but that is exactly what I'm worried about! I've been thinking about it all evening!

Firstworddinosaur · 25/07/2019 21:24

Kids room is currently 34 degrees Shock I. Considering a portable aircon unit but I think the good ones are £££

starfishcoffee · 25/07/2019 21:24

This thread is making me question my own choices. Blush DS 14 months is asleep with a fan on, he sleeps in a cot in our room. I was planning on leaving it on all night - safe or not safe? I don't have a thermometer but it feels boiling in there.

WinkyisbackontheButterBeer · 25/07/2019 21:27

Thank goodness mine’s not the only loony. silver.
Ds has promised the fan that if it is a good boy it can come and have ice cream in the park tomorrow.
The worrying thing is that he doesn’t forget these things and will almost certainly try to get me to take the bloody thing with us in the morning. Once his mind is set, no amount of sensible reasoning will change it.

greyby25 · 25/07/2019 21:29

My DD's room window only opens slightly with a catch on it, she has a standing fan with no exposed blades etc oscillating on medium, it's the only way I can get her to sleep in this heat and she needs her sleep or else she's a right grumpy madam !

wonderingsoul · 25/07/2019 21:30

Calling it neglect and abuse is a bit far fetched.

Fans are expensive and ot every one can afford one or more. If you can then yes, do what you can to make it's easier to sleep and feel comfortable but if not then there is other ways to cool down.

LettuceP · 25/07/2019 21:39

Yup got a fan in both dc's rooms (4 and 16months). Have had them in there since the weather started heating up last month. I wouldn't sleep without a fan in this heat so I wouldn't expect my kids to.

MidnightMystery · 25/07/2019 21:40

My kids will stick their fingers in the fan I just can't take that risk.

Absofrigginlootly · 25/07/2019 21:42

I thought the fan advise only applied to newborns who can’t regulate their own body temperature

Once a baby can sweat (from ?3-6 months?) then can cool down and regulate their own temperature??

Both my Dc have fans pointing at them or they wouldn’t sleep!

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chocolatesparkles · 25/07/2019 21:43

This has escalated quickly, all DC have fans on in their rooms. I also think calling it abuse is a bit far. I never had a fan in my room as a child but I certainly wouldn't say that was neglect. As a PP has said, maybe not everyone can afford a fan to say they are being abusive because of it is harsh. Today has obviously been extreme here, Hopefully tomorrow will be much cooler and everyone will feel a little better.

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Thismummyruns · 25/07/2019 21:44

I was reading about this earlier, there's quite a few news pages about this today. Guidelines say about not having fans directly pointing at babies as I was looking for info for my 10 week old.

Saw some info about SIDS but the same could be said about overheating in my opinion, think it depends on the sleeping situation, room temp, baby's health/weight, if they were prem... not all applicable to toddlers obviously.

Go with your gut, have the fan on the isolating setting maybe in the doorway? I don't know, I'm probably talking crap, I'm exhausted Grin

Elisannah · 25/07/2019 22:05

We have fans in their rooms but I switch them off when I go to bed as worried they are a fire risk (then I also never have tumble dryers etc on if I'm out of the house!). I honestly thought this would be the main reason if people said no...am I being ridiculous?!

Fruityb · 25/07/2019 22:12

Abuse and neglect?? We had one on on the landing but my husband can’t sleep with the noise on. It’s fucking roasting upstairs but it’ll be fine tomorrow. I’m prepared for a rough ish night - ds’ room is so warm even though I have a blackout blind up at the window as well as two blinds over it. Have had the windows open all day and the fan was still just blowing hot air around. If he wakes we’ll go and sleep downstairs with the fan on.

It’s shit and it’s hot. But at no point is it abuse ffs. We never had them in the house when I was a kid and I never had one at all till about three years ago when I was pregnant and demanded one!!

He has a drink, I have a spare with me here and we’ll just do our best throughout: it’s only for tonight as it’s more normal tomorrow.

I despise this weather!! You know where you are in winter lol

Whitecandle · 25/07/2019 22:15

To be honest my son is 6 months old and is led next to me right now with a fan blowing directly in him. He's roasting!

Absofrigginlootly · 25/07/2019 22:31

Quick google search seems to be advice re: sids is overheating is the biggest risk. Young babies can’t regulate their body temperature so you need to cool them down as a priority but not with a fan pointing directly at them

My DS is 11 months old, full term, fully breastfed and when I go to bed we cosleep and was sweating earlier today, so I’m happy he’s low risk with a fan pointing at him

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